NovelApp"Yeah. We chere to take care of something." "Okay. I'll wait for your call once you are done." "Sure. Go get srest. | don't think you will need to wait up for Ben. Your brother asked for my permission to drink so I'm guessing Ben is asking him out for a drink. " Lilith could not help but chuckle. "My brother acts that lowly before you?" "Not lowly. Respectful. | will get angry if he comes hstinking of booze without tellingahead of time." "Avery, you are really successful in training my brother." "I would tell him, too, if I'm heading out this late." Avery had just cout of the shower and only sobered for a few minutes, before feeling sleepy again as she sat down on the bed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter hanging up, she laid down to sleep without even bothering to turn off the lights.
In the restaurant, Elliot took Ben's face mask off. The bruises on Ben's face were still visible and he looked slightly defeated.
"Can you even drink like this?" Elliot asked.
"It doesn't hurt anymore so I've stopped taking painkillers. | can drink." Ben poured a glass for Elliot. "Your leg must have recovered, right? Avery wouldn't have let you travel this far otherwise." "Yeah. | told her that | will be drinking." "And she said yes?" "Yeah.” "Oh? Since when has she becso forgiving? | thought that you can only drink in secret!" Ben poured the wine and clicked glasses with him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Why would you think that works? She will be able to tell from the scent if I've drunk." "Hahaha! And you were comparingto an old tree that has been alone for centuries! Just look at how obedient you are! | can drink whenever | want. There's no one there to tell me, no, and | won't have to report to anyone," Ben mocked.
Elliot took a sip of wine. "I thought you were stuck in a situation where you can't find someone to discipline you even if you wanted it?" "Haha. A woman is disciplining you and you are proud of it?" "If | get drunk, my wife will take care ofwhen | get back. Of course, I'm proud of it." Ben fell silent.
After a few glasses, the two started opening up.
"Elliot, | feel like I've been so stupid. | don't dare to talk to anyone else but you about this..." "What about?" "I thought that so long as | wait for Chelsea, she would eventually marry me. | had been wrong for over a decade." Ben picked up the wine :b";XMR? poured himself another glass. "It's not until now that | am finally able to face my mistake. | might have lived my share in this world, but I'm not even as smart as Lilith." "Chelsea is dead. Why are you still talking about her?" "Because | don't want to repeat my mistake. If | go after Lilith and she keepson the hook, | should stop while | still can." Ben's eyes reddened. "| don't have that many decades left in me." "Yeah." "Elliot, do you have something that concerns you right now?" Ben asked casually. He immediately wished that he had not asked about it, but there was no way he could turn back time. Elliot could not possibly be worried over anything at the moment.
"There's something." Elliot unlocked his phone and showed Ben a photo. "Look at this and tellwho it looks like." Ben took the phone and narrowed his eyes as he studied the photo carefully. "Isn't this Layla?" "This is my child with Ruby Gould." "Huh?!"
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